Man held for kidnapping and raping three-and-half-year-old girl in Hyderabad

Hyderabad (Telangana), July 11:The police here said that they have detained a person on the charge of kidnapping and raping a three-and-half-year girl in the city on Saturday.

Almost a week after the kidnap and rape of a three-and-half-year-old girl at Dammaiguda under Jawaharnagar police limits, Rachakonda police arrested the accused Abhiram Das (40), a migrant worker from Odisha. 

Despite many special police teams and senior officers working to nab the accused, the accused managed to escape. However, this incident, combined with the technical evidence from a previous offence, helped police nab him. 

“He will be taken into police custody and further investigation will be conducted. ACP Kushaiguda Shivakumar has been appointed to investigate this case,” Rachakonda commissioner Mahesh Bhagwat said.

After the kidnap and rape of the girl on July 4, police had deployed special teams to nab the accused.

In another case which occurred on Friday, the same accused misbehaved and touched another girl inappropriately when the nine-year-old victim was at a grocery shop in the same locality. As the girl raised the alarm, the accused fled from the spot. 

Police rushed to the spot and after learning that the accused had fled into the forest, they deployed teams to search the area. Meanwhile, through CCTV footage, it was found that the accused who sexually abused the girl was the same person, who had kidnapped and raped the three-and-half-year-old. With this clue, teams from the neighbouring police stations were also roped in to search for the accused in the forest.

 He was arrested at Katta Maisamma Temple in the Nagaram Reserve Forest area.

On inquiry, police found that he had kidnapped the first victim last Sunday evening, took her into the forest area, and raped her during the night. He left her near a water tank in the locality the next morning and fled. The locals, who noticed the girl crying, informed her parents and police.

Medical examination revealed that the girl was sexually assaulted and she was admitted to a hospital in the city. Later, the victim was examined and the kidnap case was converted to a case under the POCSO Act.

Inquiries revealed that Abhiram Das, who belongs to the Bhadrak district of Odisha, had migrated to the city 12 years ago with his family. Due to some differences, his wife left him around eight years ago and since then he is staying alone at Bandlaguda and has been working as a mason, the police said.